Resource Exhaustion Affecting emacs package, versions <1:24.3-23.el7


Severity

Recommended
medium

Based on Red Hat Enterprise Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
2.11% (80th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-RHEL7-EMACS-1525636
  • published26 Jul 2021
  • disclosed4 Jul 2018

Introduced: 4 Jul 2018

CVE-2018-14436  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-400  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade RHEL:7 emacs to version 1:24.3-23.el7 or higher.
This issue was patched in RHSA-2020:1180.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream emacs package and not the emacs package as distributed by RHEL. See How to fix? for RHEL:7 relevant fixed versions and status.

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